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Manager Terry Collins Says Mets Plan to Limit Jenrry Mejia's Innings

Righthander Likely Won't Exceed 125 Innings This Season

May 9, 2014 9:39 p.m. ET

On the same afternoon that rehabbing ace Matt Harvey successfully threw from 120 feet and penciled himself in to throw from a mound on June 10, manager Terry Collins revealed the organization's plan for protecting the arm of 24-year-old Jenrry Mejia.

The righthander, who started against the Phillies Friday, likely won't exceed 125 innings this season, Collins said. Mejia has had two elbow surgeries (Tommy John in 2011 and another last August), with the latter limiting him to just 52 innings last season split between...